TheMeInTeam
If A implies B...
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1874 culture
I moved settler 1S and after seeing FIN wine decided to settle that spot (IE 1s from original position, not on a hill). Built a settler 1st while researching poly working wine. Switched over to 3f tile once I had poly. Used setter on gold/corn to the west. I tried working in some wheel/fishing/sailing for auto spread and some archery for survival, but it wasn't meant to be; caesar founded judaism and it spread like wildfire. I converted to judiasm also and suddenly the world was in a big group hug with lots of tech trade.
Kublai also got like 18% land uncontested which is BS, while JC took the jungle land really early and cheesevassal'd cyrus.
With a very favorable diplo situation (only zara/toku buddhist), fast tech pace, and only 6 cities, I opted to pursue culture. I didn't get sistine and did get great library which hurt me but oh well. I also got ToA, parthenon in capitol so I had enough oomph there to build my multipliers elsewhere. Gold city was culture city #2, but what was city #3?!
2x spice + fish + whale ! Being coastal helped it, making it my best non-river city thanks to spices. A couple art bombs there, a couple in city #2, and I crossed the finish line first. Bismark was 100+ turns from culture, but caesar would probably have taken space in about 30 turns.
I had 6 cities peacefully and 3 through culture flip .
From the mid game on I stayed untouchable thanks to a DP combo with JC + Kublai, so nobody bothered me and frankly after a brief spat after everyone (including me in a phony war) dogpiled toku and zara capped him there were no world wars...in a game with JC, Kublai, bismark, and toku there was only ONE war ever!!!
Of course final score was piss poor but it's a funny way to win on a map like this.
Spoiler :
I moved settler 1S and after seeing FIN wine decided to settle that spot (IE 1s from original position, not on a hill). Built a settler 1st while researching poly working wine. Switched over to 3f tile once I had poly. Used setter on gold/corn to the west. I tried working in some wheel/fishing/sailing for auto spread and some archery for survival, but it wasn't meant to be; caesar founded judaism and it spread like wildfire. I converted to judiasm also and suddenly the world was in a big group hug with lots of tech trade.
Kublai also got like 18% land uncontested which is BS, while JC took the jungle land really early and cheesevassal'd cyrus.
With a very favorable diplo situation (only zara/toku buddhist), fast tech pace, and only 6 cities, I opted to pursue culture. I didn't get sistine and did get great library which hurt me but oh well. I also got ToA, parthenon in capitol so I had enough oomph there to build my multipliers elsewhere. Gold city was culture city #2, but what was city #3?!
2x spice + fish + whale ! Being coastal helped it, making it my best non-river city thanks to spices. A couple art bombs there, a couple in city #2, and I crossed the finish line first. Bismark was 100+ turns from culture, but caesar would probably have taken space in about 30 turns.
I had 6 cities peacefully and 3 through culture flip .
From the mid game on I stayed untouchable thanks to a DP combo with JC + Kublai, so nobody bothered me and frankly after a brief spat after everyone (including me in a phony war) dogpiled toku and zara capped him there were no world wars...in a game with JC, Kublai, bismark, and toku there was only ONE war ever!!!
Of course final score was piss poor but it's a funny way to win on a map like this.